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Sheep and goats are both small ruminants with cosmopolitan distributions due to their being kept historically and in modern times as grazers both individually and in herds in return for their production of milk, wool, and meat. [1] As such, the diseases of these animals are of great economic importance to humans.
Caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) is a retrovirus which infects goats and cross-reacts immunologically with HIV, [1] due to being from the same family of viruses. [medical citation needed] CAEV cannot be transmitted to humans, including through the consumption of milk from an infected goat. [2]
The disease is spread to goat kids when they drink colostrum or milk from infected goats. [4] Separating goat kids from infected goats, and feeding the kids with cow's milk, or pasteurized goat milk, will prevent infection. [1] The disease can be spread from goat to goat via direct contact and body fluids, such as saliva. [5]
A viral post claiming that bubble tea is made with goat feces has been debunked. Fake boba news: An image of a goat defecating into a bubble tea drink has circulated on social media since 2019 ...
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran ...
A fainting goat kid in the midst of a myotonic "fainting" spell. The fainting goat or myotonic goat is an American breed of goat.It is characterised by myotonia congenita, a hereditary condition that may cause it to stiffen or fall over when excited or startled.
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The British primitive goat is a landrace of domestic goat native to Great Britain and Ireland, and is the original goat of the region. [1] It is considered a rare breed , [ 1 ] existing as several, isolated feral herds, [ 2 ] as some captive populations in zoological parks and nature reserves , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] and breeding stock on some private ...